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Shane Ireland

Off the line

Maxime Colin thought he had scored Birmingham City’s equaliser on the stroke of half-time at Elland Road - only to see Leeds United defender Luke Ayling produce a brilliant goal-line clearance to whack the ball away.

“We created chances in the second half, with a little more confidence.

“We conceded at the beginning of the game, it was not an ideal start for us.

“With all the new players we need to stick together, to work together and hopefully with a win, the team will have more confidence.

Shane Ireland

The Leeds view

“Birmingham stood up where Burton Albion had caved in on Saturday, making a game of their visit to Elland Road, but they found to their cost what other teams have already discovered: that there is no way through this Leeds team and no way of keeping them out.”

The Yorkshire Evening Post was understandably full of praise for Leeds United who went top of the Championship with their 2-0 win against Birmingham City.

But they were also impressed with Blues’ performance in West Yorkshire.

Injury worries

Birmingham City boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed that both Jota and Che Adams picked up hamstring injuries in the 2-0 defeat against Leeds United.

The result saw Blues slide into the bottom three ahead of Saturday’s clash against Preston at St Andrew’s - a match which the attacking pair are likely to miss.

Record signing Jota was replaced by Liam Walsh before Leeds scored their second goal on the night, while Adams hobbled off at the end having been brought on to replace Sam Gallagher with twenty minutes left.

After confirming Jota’s knock, Redknapp said:

“And Che. Che as well.

“He picked up a hamstring.

“In the opposite hamstring to the one he did before.

“We’ve not had a lot of luck really.”

Shane Ireland

Encouraging words

Leeds United boss Thomas Christiansen thinks Birmingham City are in a false position - and has backed Blues to turn their poor start around and climb the table.

Christiansen’s side went top of the pile with the 2-0 win at Elland Road, a result which saw Blues slide into the Championship’s bottom three.

Goals from Samuel Saiz and Stuart Dallas condemned Harry Redknapp’s men to a fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions despite an improved display from the visitors.

The all-important player ratings

Though this was an improved display from the one which say them lose 1-0 at Norwich on Saturday, they were still unable to cancel out Saiz’s first half winner and were punished by Dallas’ sucker punch.

Harry Redknapp made two changes to his team - here’s how his men rated.